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by rallymodeller
Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:59 am
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: The Practicle aspects of Hover Tank design. Discus not Argue
Replies: 113
Views: 285189

I was just musing over my grav tank design and I realized something: None of the rules regarding "floating" vehicles apply to any sort of repulsorlift system -- if the author says they don't. After all, any adverse or beneficial effects can be added in or removed by the author as they see ...
by rallymodeller
Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:30 pm
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: The Practicle aspects of Hover Tank design. Discus not Argue
Replies: 113
Views: 285189

Bringing this across from rallymodeller 's thread on "Navy Hovertanks":- My take on this; A "tank" is a land vehicle, once it becomes a seagoing vessel it becomes a "ship" or "boat". Anti-gravitational devices basically make any such powered vehicle an aircra...
by rallymodeller
Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:35 pm
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: Idle thought: NAVY Hovertanks?
Replies: 14
Views: 41361

Rallymodeler, thanks for the clarification. I think you're correct, but with this caveat - at 300mph (or even 'kph') a 60+ tonne object will have very large turn radii, yes? Heh. Already thought of that. Sea-based grav vehicles can use something land-based ones cannot -- drag brakes. Picture it. Yo...
by rallymodeller
Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:12 am
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: Idle thought: NAVY Hovertanks?
Replies: 14
Views: 41361

I suppose I should specify. I was actually thinking about grav-assist tanks used in a Navy fashion, not as ground-support but, as I said, as littoral warfare or riverine craft. Anti-shipping and so forth (after watching the anime "Tactical Roar" future Navy operations are kind of on my min...
by rallymodeller
Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:35 pm
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: Idle thought: NAVY Hovertanks?
Replies: 14
Views: 41361

Idle thought: NAVY Hovertanks?

As I was puttering around with my old, beat-up Cheetah gravpanzer (new engines, some new armament, scale change) I had a thought: A very efficient hovertank would be really useful for other than land-warfare uses. A fast, hovering vehicle with the armour and armament of a tank would be unbelievably ...
by rallymodeller
Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:24 pm
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: One I prepared earlier
Replies: 6
Views: 23120

That's what I had intended in the first place: that it should provide some inspiration.

Well, the question is moot anyway -- the thing is currently undergoing a major rebuild/rethink.
by rallymodeller
Wed May 05, 2010 4:43 pm
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: Waltzin' Matilda
Replies: 48
Views: 102210

Hey, you got a Dalek head mounted on there! :D

The tank is lookin' good...
by rallymodeller
Tue May 04, 2010 9:40 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Making Cones?
Replies: 15
Views: 18583

I don't like to touch cones. They cost me two seconds each.


Yes, that's me in my old 280ZX.
by rallymodeller
Mon May 03, 2010 10:31 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Acrylic thinning question: Methanol or Ethanol?
Replies: 6
Views: 8169

Gave methanol a try today with PollyScale.

Red -- fantastic. Worked very well.

Green -- not so much. Got a little gooping. Gonna try washer fluid tomorrow and see haw that goes. If all else fails I can hit the art supply stores.
by rallymodeller
Sun May 02, 2010 9:03 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Acrylic thinning question: Methanol or Ethanol?
Replies: 6
Views: 8169

Acrylic thinning question: Methanol or Ethanol?

I'm about to take the plunge -- I'm getting rid of my enamel paints. Goodbye little tins of Humbrol! But I'm not really familiar with the ins and outs of acrylic paint. I've been reading all the threads I could about acrylic paint to get my head around a new (for me) finishing medium. So here's my q...
by rallymodeller
Sun May 02, 2010 12:00 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Paint Removal.
Replies: 119
Views: 415300

Got a weird one I'll throw in the ring for paint stripping, but bear in mind it comes with some caveats: Automotive brake fluid. The thing about brake fluid is that once the bottle is opened, it must be used right away or it is no longer good for putting in your brake system. You see, it's hydrophil...
by rallymodeller
Sun May 02, 2010 12:04 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Future floor polish
Replies: 269
Views: 921835

OK. read through the entire thread and I have a question that was lightly touched on earlier but not really answered: I'm painting my current model with Xtracolor paints (enamel), will be doing a Future coat to seal, and 2 flat coats (one to allow for pastel weathering and one to seal it all up). No...
by rallymodeller
Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:08 am
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: The Practicle aspects of Hover Tank design. Discus not Argue
Replies: 113
Views: 285189

I've noticed that most of the designs, started and discussed, are using future tech/SF-ish technologies. If a 'hovertank' uses other technologies, such as ducted fans, air cushions, direct fan lift or rocket power, does it still qualify as a hovertank? I've got to ask you one question. Does it hove...
by rallymodeller
Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:23 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Krylon 5-Ball Spray Paint $2.50 at FredMeyer
Replies: 6
Views: 6323

"Crazing" is where the paint gives the plastic a fine, alligator-skin-like appearance and texture. The solvent in the paint reacts badly to the styrene and lifts bits of it up. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture available so I can't illustrate, but it is a Bad Thing.
by rallymodeller
Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:50 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Krylon 5-Ball Spray Paint $2.50 at FredMeyer
Replies: 6
Views: 6323

Depends on the kind of plastic, but generally Krylon will craze the plastic something awful unless a primer is used.
by rallymodeller
Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:27 pm
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: Cabal Hover tank
Replies: 51
Views: 121458

Oh what do you guys think of the main gun. Stole ot off some leftovers from an armored core kit. Was killing myself trying to think of an unrecognizable mantlet for it. Then it hit me. T-55! Just a canvas cover over the hole. Some out came the foil from a Dove chocolate easter rabbit and BANG canva...
by rallymodeller
Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:26 pm
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: Cabal Hover tank
Replies: 51
Views: 121458

Kylwell wrote:Needs stowage and grab handles. And lift rings. And no-slip sections. And....

Looking good man.
I agree with Robb. Tanks gotta be covered in crap. Otherwise they're chunky fighters.

Seriously, though -- wish mine looked that good. Might have to start again...
by rallymodeller
Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:33 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Tenax is it Gone for Good?
Replies: 17
Views: 21628

Awesome. I shall be contacting Ridout Plastics presently...

Sweet.
by rallymodeller
Mon Apr 26, 2010 12:53 pm
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: The Practicle aspects of Hover Tank design. Discus not Argue
Replies: 113
Views: 285189

It's just the propulsors that don't work in a vacuum -- nothing to push against. The levitation parts work jut fine. If the tank had to operate in zero pressure, some sort of reaction jet system would be needed. I'm a big believer in the "nothing for free" idea when it comes to "magic...
by rallymodeller
Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:07 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Tenax is it Gone for Good?
Replies: 17
Views: 21628

According to my LHS it's the same story with Ambroid Pro-Weld.
by rallymodeller
Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:39 am
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: The Practicle aspects of Hover Tank design. Discus not Argue
Replies: 113
Views: 285189

Here's my take on hovertanks (or gravpanzers, as they're known in my "little world"). Take from it what you will: In my still-evolvong alternate universe/future history (I'll do something with it someday) there exists a device called a Ventnor-Rosskov Field Generator. The V-R Field Generat...
by rallymodeller
Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:06 pm
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: One I prepared earlier
Replies: 6
Views: 23120

One I prepared earlier

I know this violates the "no tank hull" rule, but I figured I'd post it anyway. I posted it a few years ago but here it is again: Cheetah C2A4 Another angle \ 1/35 Trumpeter S-103, scratchbuilt barrel, parts from everything from a 1/24 Votoms kit to 1/24 car shocks and mufflers. I really n...
by rallymodeller
Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:39 pm
Forum: Hover Tank Challenge
Topic: Does it HAVE to be a tank?
Replies: 8
Views: 22660

Cool. Coming back on these forums has been good for me -- getting the ol' creative juices flowing again.

I have a couple of ideas -- but one of them is for a support vehicle. That gives me the out I was looking for.
by rallymodeller
Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:31 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: bending small brass tube
Replies: 8
Views: 7840

Here's a trick I saw on How It's Made: Fill the tube with a mixture of soap and water (block the ends). Freeze it. That should allow you to bend the tube without kinking -- you just have to use a jig of some sort. Seems to be used a lot in the making of brass instruments.
by rallymodeller
Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:31 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: The Abbey of Aves
Replies: 337
Views: 898800

Ahh. That's better. Thank you, Brother Kenny.
by rallymodeller
Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:41 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: The Abbey of Aves
Replies: 337
Views: 898800

Sorry, Kenny -- didn't catch that. Could you phrase those instructions in the form of Biblical verse? Just not used to you giving Blessed Aves advice in plain English. :8) He was speaking to a troglodyte, so he had to water it down to my level. Forgive him.... Now Butters, don't be hard on yourself...
by rallymodeller
Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:01 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: The Abbey of Aves
Replies: 337
Views: 898800

Sorry, Kenny -- didn't catch that. Could you phrase those instructions in the form of Biblical verse?

Just not used to you giving Blessed Aves advice in plain English. :8)
by rallymodeller
Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:29 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Sandpaper backing, Velcro style material
Replies: 6
Views: 4681

Try auto-body supply stores. Several manufacturers make sanding pads for orbital sanders with a Velcro backing for auto-body repair use.
by rallymodeller
Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:21 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Nice abandoned aircraft build w/ lotsa pix and tips!
Replies: 2
Views: 2570

I think it is unbelievable that John not only did all that but the timeline was SO compressed! It was originally intended for a ONE WEEK build...
by rallymodeller
Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:43 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tanked vs. Tank-less
Replies: 17
Views: 14932

My little no-name single-piston compressor works pretty good, but there was a problem with pulsing. I got around that by adding a decent-sized (regulator and in-line water trap that seems to smooth out the pulses a bit.